Industry Veteran Manish Adnani to Head Operations at the PokerBaazi LIVE Poker Room in Goa

Manish Adnani PokerBaazi LIVE
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  • Attreyee Khasnabis September 27, 2021
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Things have been looking up for the Indian poker fraternity after the Goa government allowed casinos to reopen with 50% capacity last week. While the new COVID-19 guidelines need to be followed by the casino and poker room operators, there is no denying that the news has certainly been a welcome one in terms of reviving the live poker scene in Goa. In that spirit, another exciting news that came through recently was industry veteran Manish Adnani joining hands with PokerBaazi LIVE to manage the brand’s poker room onboard Casino Majestic Pride in Goa.

Adnani himself had a few encouraging words about partnering up with PokerBaazi again. He said, “We at TGFP are extremely pleased to partner with PokerBaazi Group. I have personally worked with the team in 2016 to launch Baazi Poker Tour, and they are a dynamic and passionate team headed by Navkiran Singh, who has taken the team to great heights. I am extremely stoked and excited to begin this journey. As Navi quoted Steve Jobs recently and I second, ‘If you have enough passion for something, you will always have enough patience for it to become successful,’ we look forward to passionately promoting poker at PokerBaazi Live and offer our community a world-class experience in the coming days. Godspeed.”

Navkiran Singh

 

Varun Ganjoo, Marketing Director at Baazi Games, the parent group of PokerBaazi, was in high spirits when speaking about the new collaboration. He said, “We’ve worked together quite successfully in the past, and now, our association with Manish comes at the most opportune time as it is a great time for poker in India. The next 10 years are going to be crucial for the sport in the country! We assure all of our players that along with Manish, we’re going to be bringing a lot more to the table in the coming years!”

Varun Ganjoo
Varun Ganjoo

 

Adnani was the Business Head (Poker) at Delta Corp. since 2016 and is one of the most experienced live poker operators in the country at present.

Discussing the nature of his company’s collaboration with PokerBaazi, Adnani elaborated, “The whole live operations, like designing it and structuring it. Getting the teams to a level where we can get the room to international operational standards. So, the entire operations at PokerBaazi LIVE, top to bottom, every aspect of the business, will be looked after by us.”

Manish Adnani
Manish Adnani

 

While this collaboration is a thrilling prospect, this isn’t Adnani’s first stint with PokerBaazi. Back in 2016, the 49-year-old was instrumental in launching the Baazi Poker Tour (BPT). Now that casinos have been given the green light to operate, albeit functioning at 50% capacity, it begs the question of whether PokerBaazi LIVE will host a live poker series before the year-end.

Adnani was optimistic about the revival of the live poker series and said, “Yes, there will be. Hopefully, we should look to get maybe one or two tournaments before the end of the year. Bring back the BPT and the NPS, and other brands. That’s again something that we will have more clarity on in the coming weeks. But yes, we will definitely look to be doing that.”

Given Manish Adnani’s expertise and experience in the field and PokerBaazi’s determination to always do bigger and better things, there is no doubt that this will be a fruitful collaboration.

With the possibility of live poker operations resuming soon, live poker could very likely touch the same heights as online poker in the coming year!

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